This week is going to be a living hell! Today it is only Tuesday and I'm already longing for Sunday night, to be able to lay on my bed! And the reason why I want Sunday night so badly to arrives it's because Saturday we'll be at the monthly market - Feira das Almas and Sunday we are going to give a linocut workshop! With all this, I think it's pretty obvious the stress that's going on around here, especially with me and the planners' saga (which already deserves this title because the organization already breathes through every pore of me and then some!). The planners that show you today are the examples that will be available at the market, next Saturday. I remind you guys that if someone wants to get a planner on Saturday, you have until Thursday to do so!

Novas capas de agendas diárias de 2015 \\ Brand new patterns for hardcover planners of 2015

We decided to launch some new patterns for this market and we hope you enjoy them! Besides, we have a batch of brand new postcards to present on Saturday, so if you are in Lisbon or near, don't hesitate to visit us!

And it's all for today! I'm in a super speed mode beacuse of the little sleep that I have had and I really need to stay focused and awake to endure the rest of the work day! For this, nothing better than a shaky rythm like Chromeo's (one of Chubby's favorite bands!) - Jealous (I Ain't With It)! Who doesn't get with renewed energy to face the rest of the day, after hearing this? I definitly am! And want to dance even without leaving the chair! See you next week, already with all the news of how these days went! Until then*

\\A crónica The Jukebox Girl é escrita pela Catarina, designer gráfica e uma das Anas do projeto Nuts for Paper. Neste espaço ela partilha convosco as suas peripécias, delírios e desejos, sempre acompanhadas com uma bela banda sonora há mistura, porque afinal de contas, a vida sem música não é a mesma coisa. \\ The Jukebok Girl chronicle is written by Catarina, graphic and designer and one of the Anas of Nuts for Paper project. In this space she shares with you her adventures, delusions and dreams, always accompanied with a crazy mix of songs that reflect her mood because after all, life without music is not the same thing.

Today it's going to be a photoshoot day, with my lovely sister as model! Nothing better than rain and thunders to spice it up this Autumn day! But, before the photoshoot begins, I'll show you guys some custom orders from last week!

The first three planners were so fun much to do! A flower pattern, a changed cover inspired in one of our travel books, and a brand new pattern with books! How lovely are they? We really hope our customers will be thrilled with them!

The hardcover planner, also with a new books pattern, gave me a special pleasure by making it because it went straight away to a Catarina like me! I hope you love it, Catarina!!

We are truly happy with the feedback our customers have given us and we can't wait to here news from these orders as soon as they arrive to their new homes!That said, and because of the numerous purchases we have been attending to in this last month, the song I like to share with you guys today it's called Riptide. It is so beautiful that I fell in love with it the first time I listened on the radio. I've became an instantly huge fan of Vance Joy! Hope you guys enjoy and I'll catch you next week as usual ;)

\\A crónica The Jukebox Girl é escrita pela Catarina, designer gráfica e uma das Anas do projeto Nuts for Paper. Neste espaço ela partilha convosco as suas peripécias, delírios e desejos, sempre acompanhadas com uma bela banda sonora há mistura, porque afinal de contas, a vida sem música não é a mesma coisa. \\ The Jukebok Girl chronicle is written by Catarina, graphic and designer and one of the Anas of Nuts for Paper project. In this space she shares with you her adventures, delusions and dreams, always accompanied with a crazy mix of songs that reflect her mood because after all, life without music is not the same thing.

Em cima está o desenho final. Que rapidamente foi partilhado com a sua futura dona. E assim que foi aprovado seguimos para as fases seguintes.
\\The above sketch was the final one. It was promptly shared with it's future owner.As it was approved as it was we move forward to the next stages.

A Catarina desenhou a tipografia de preto. Decidimos que seria o centro das atenções da capa.
E com a tipografia desenhada eu voltei a desenhar os elementos do esboço inicial.
\\Since it was a cover of a hardcover planner we decided to cover the board we use with the bristol board of this light blue colour. This way we knew the exact size of the cover, and the space I had to draw. Of course if I've made a mistake in the painting process would mean go back to the beginning and start over a new cover.Catarina draw the typography and painted it in black. We decide it should be the main focus on the cover.With the typography on the cover I hand drawn again all the elements present in the previous sketch.

Pintar à mão \\ Handpainted

First stages of ink

Comecei por usar a tinta branca. Gosto de começar por pintar com a cor mais clara, no entanto o branco costuma ficar para último, visto que uso mais para brilho e não como cor para grandes superfícies. Mas desta vez não foi o caso. Nesta agenda quis manter os tons bastante suaves, por isso pintei as flores de branco e o lobo também.
Depois criei um tom de rosa, com magenta e branco. Como a tinta magenta é bastante transparente, mesmo depois de misturada com o branco, sobre o azul parece um tom roxo.
Para as folhas acrescentei um tom verde pastel.
\\I've started to paint the white colour. I tend to always start with the lightest colour, though most of the times I leave the white colour for last, because it mostly works as a high light and not as a colour. But this was not the case. I wanted to keep the planner tones very low, so I decided to start painting the flowers in white, and the wolf too.After that I've created a shade of pink, with magenta and more white ink. And since the ink was a little bit transparent when painted over blue it looks like a soft purple colour. I've also added a pastel green for the leaves.

A Agenda! \\ The Planner

The Final Cover. from back cover to the front, and even the spine was decorated.

OThursday Bits é escrito pela Mafalda, designer gráfica e ilustradora, mas acima de tudo uma sonhadora de idiotices (ideias), está sempre a pensar no que criar a seguir. Neste espaço ela gosta de partilhar novidades deste projeto Nuts for Paper e do que as Anas andam a criar. \\ Thursday Bits is written by Mafalda, graphic designer and illustrator, but above all a dreamer of ideas, she is always thinking what she can create next. In this space she likes to share news about this project Nuts for Paper and of what the Anas are creating. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest

This last few week has been filled with custom orders! I see you read my last week post and you took it very seriously! We have our desks full of work thanks to you!My weekend was almost non existent because I've been working the hole time on this beauty! The handmade painted planner was dispatch already, but our customer was so in love with the drawing that ask us an art print of it!

It was our customer that chosen the quote for the poster and, using it as inspiration, I manage to find the perfect song to share with you guys! Here in Portugal, it is a very known song because of a commercial, but I really had to share this one with you (and I'll bet few of us know this amazing singer!) - It Means I Love You, by the wonderful David Fonseca! Without a doubt I must say that it is my favorite portuguese singer! I advise you to pay attention to the lyrics because they are really amazing! I hope you guys have a great week*

\\A crónica The Jukebox Girl é escrita pela Catarina, designer gráfica e uma das Anas do projeto Nuts for Paper. Neste espaço ela partilha convosco as suas peripécias, delírios e desejos, sempre acompanhadas com uma bela banda sonora há mistura, porque afinal de contas, a vida sem música não é a mesma coisa. \\ The Jukebok Girl chronicle is written by Catarina, graphic and designer and one of the Anas of Nuts for Paper project. In this space she shares with you her adventures, delusions and dreams, always accompanied with a crazy mix of songs that reflect her mood because after all, life without music is not the same thing.

Sempre que enviamos os nossos cadernos/agendas pelos correios enviamos uma pequena nota escrita à mão num destes postais com esquilos.
\\This week's planners were between cherries and cameras. Definitly both are two of the most succesful patterns of Nuts for Paper.Every time we send our notebooks or planners through snail mail we send a small handwritten note written in one these squirrel postcards.

Esta semana fizemos duas agendas com capa customizada.
A primeira seguiu ainda esta semana para os Estados Unidos. Falarei em mais detalhe sobre brevemente num outro post.
\\This week we made two planners with custom covers.The first one went to USA this week. I will speak in more detail about it in another blog post.

E falando no título do post da semana.
Parece que ainda foi ontem que chegámos ao nosso centésimo post e já estamos no dois centésimos de posts!! É quase inacreditável!
Coincidência ou não foi também no Thursday Bits que celebrámos o centésimo post, em Novembro do ano passado.
\\And speaking about the blog post tittle...It seems like it was yesterday that we got to our 100th blog post and today is the 200th blog post! It's so mind blowing!Odly enough it was also on Thursday Bits that we celebrate the hundreth post way back in November of the last year.

OThursday Bits é escrito pela Mafalda, designer gráfica e ilustradora, mas acima de tudo uma sonhadora de idiotices (ideias), está sempre a pensar no que criar a seguir. Neste espaço ela gosta de partilhar novidades deste projeto Nuts for Paper e do que as Anas andam a criar. \\ Thursday Bits is written by Mafalda, graphic designer and illustrator, but above all a dreamer of ideas, she is always thinking what she can create next. In this space she likes to share news about this project Nuts for Paper and of what the Anas are creating. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest

There are three things that are absolutely essential (at least for me) that I have to carry when I leave home: sunglasses, wallet and ... (if you think it is the mobile phone you are sadly mistaken!) a notebook! Oh that's true! In my hands, technology tends to be somewhat allergic, and furthermore, creativity flows more naturally in a notebook - either to write or to make a sketch, don't agree? Well it seemed to me! At least, because of the continuous influx of planners that have gone to the five corners of the world!

It seems that many people have agreed with me, at least those who like to have an organized life, and are acquiring our planners, of A6 size to make them easier to carry and where they can write all of your plans and ideas. So the motto of this week, and picking up one of my favorite songs, who wants one planner for the road?! You name it, we do it!

I'm going back to my desk to continue sewing to finish the orders of this week! And as a soundtrack, of course it could not miss One for the Road, by the usual band of mine - Arctic Monkeys! Don't forget to peek Mafalda's chronicle of this week - you may have some pics in firsthand to see of the planners that I'm making right now! See you guys next week*

\\A crónica The Jukebox Girl é escrita pela Catarina, designer gráfica e uma das Anas do projeto Nuts for Paper. Neste espaço ela partilha convosco as suas peripécias, delírios e desejos, sempre acompanhadas com uma bela banda sonora há mistura, porque afinal de contas, a vida sem música não é a mesma coisa. \\ The Jukebok Girl chronicle is written by Catarina, graphic and designer and one of the Anas of Nuts for Paper project. In this space she shares with you her adventures, delusions and dreams, always accompanied with a crazy mix of songs that reflect her mood because after all, life without music is not the same thing.

Estou farta de conhecer os nossos padrões no entanto cada vez que os vejo em novos produtos apaixono-me outra vez!
\\This week we made so much planners, that between walks to the post office we were able to shoot these photos.I know our patterns back to forward, however everytime I see them in new products I feel in love again!

Sayuri contact us and asked us a planner and an address book with hand painted cover. The only thing she requested was that the bristol board would be blue and that the address book was red, the rest was up to us.

I had SO much fun drawing and painting this cover! I really hope she likes it.

OThursday Bits é escrito pela Mafalda, designer gráfica e ilustradora, mas acima de tudo uma sonhadora de idiotices (ideias), está sempre a pensar no que criar a seguir. Neste espaço ela gosta de partilhar novidades deste projeto Nuts for Paper e do que as Anas andam a criar. \\ Thursday Bits is written by Mafalda, graphic designer and illustrator, but above all a dreamer of ideas, she is always thinking what she can create next. In this space she likes to share news about this project Nuts for Paper and of what the Anas are creating. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest

Do you know what is the best way to start this September? With more orders of course! This month has barely begun and we have (already!) received seven requests for planners and contact lists to begin this school year 2014/2015 super organized!With the return to work and school, it is necessary to keep track of all the tasks and commitments because, well ... we are not perfect and, sometimes, our memory fails us because of all the cheese we've been eating!!!Since then, I have not stopped sewing and paste planners even for a second, which leads us to the musical choice of this week. The Script - Superheroes is the new single from this Irish band and I feel that it is completely appropriate to my mood in those past recent weeks. Despite of my enormous efforts, I have achieved all of my goals as a super heroine! And here it is an incentive for those who return to school or work: exceed your goals as super heroes!

And because all superheroes need to have his right arm to their side, this chronicle was completed today only thanks to my sister, so I can get some sleep! She prepared all by herself the text as if I was writing! Don't you think that she has a future writing ?! No matter what they say, brothers and sisters may have something hassle every now and then but, in the end, they are always there when we need them to give us their support and a little help too! So, please, be nice and show them how much you love them! I'll see you guys next week (and hopefully this time I'll be back with all the strength I need to write the whole chronicle by myself)!

\\A crónica The Jukebox Girl é escrita pela Catarina, designer gráfica e uma das Anas do projeto Nuts for Paper. Neste espaço ela partilha convosco as suas peripécias, delírios e desejos, sempre acompanhadas com uma bela banda sonora há mistura, porque afinal de contas, a vida sem música não é a mesma coisa. \\ The Jukebok Girl chronicle is written by Catarina, graphic and designer and one of the Anas of Nuts for Paper project. In this space she shares with you her adventures, delusions and dreams, always accompanied with a crazy mix of songs that reflect her mood because after all, life without music is not the same thing.